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HENRY c. HARRIS, 0F FORT VALLEY, GEoReIA.

Lette/rs Patent No. 100,526, dated M arch 8, 1870.

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lBe itl known that I, HENRY C. Hamers, of Fort Valley, in the county o f Houston, and State of Georgia, have invented a new and luseful Improvement Vin Cotton-SeedPlauter and Fertilizer Distributer; Aand I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clea'r, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in thhr't to r'rrake and use the same, reference hcinghad to'tiieaccompanyiug drawings forming part Figure 1 is top view of my improved machine.l lFigure 2 is a` side'viewof the same, part being broken away to show the construction; I

,'Figure 3' is a vertical crosssection of the saine, ta?

lken through the line aix,iig. 1.

.Figure 4 is a detail sectional rgiew of the agitator,

taken through the. lineiy y, tigt 11.

-Figure 5 isadetail rearriewo the spring cov- Similar lettersjlof reference indicate corresponding My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, reliable, and eiiective machine for planting cotton and other seeds, and for distributing guano and other tine fertilizer; and

I, It consists -in the construction andxcombination of ivarious, parts of the machine, as hereinatter more fully described.

of which is attached the draw-barz-B.

' O is the furrowing-'plow, the standard D of.which .A isthe frame ofthe'machirie, forward end 'passes np -through a slot in the rear end'qf the drawbar B, and through slots in the plates E, attached to Upon the forward edge of the'standard D" are formed notches o r' teeth 'd' which take ,hold of the plate or plates E, to hold the said standard securely in place.

wedge-key F, which is driven into the slot of the bar B, and plates E along the fear edgeof the said stand# ardl D, as s hown in'ig. 2.

G is a wheel, the -face of which is made somewhat Vshaped, .to press` open the furrow formed by the'plow C ghe wheel G is placeddirectly-in-tlre rear of the The bottom I of the hopper H is made'concave l upon` its upper side, as shown in iigs. 1 and 3, and in dotted lines infflg. 2, maybe 'made in one or two rounded oii, or.

pieces, and has a long slot formed in its middle or lowest part, as shown in Vligs. 1 and`3, for' the escape of the seed.

The size of the slot, through the bottom I, is regulated as required, bya plate, J, iitted upon its lower side, and which is moved forward alrd back to adjust thesize vof the slot, or to close and open it by the screw K.

The screw K is swireled to the side of the hopper H or to the plate J, and works in a nut attached to the other of said parts, so that by turning the said screw Kin one or the other direction, the said plate J may he adjusted as required.

Tothe projecting end'of one of 'the journals of the wheelG is attached a crank, L, to the crank-pin of `.which ispiyoted the .forward .end of the connectingbar or pitman M, the rear end of which is pivoted to the crank-pin of the crank N, attached to'th'c projecting end of one of the journals of the stirrer-slnrft '0, the journals of which revolve in 'bearings in the sides of the hopperH.

The middle part o f the shaft 0 is made' square, and upon. it is placed a. collar, Pl, having a rectangular' holeor'slot formedthrough it.

The wedge-key P is placed in the u end of the slot in the collar Pl above or below theA shaft O, accordL ing as cotton-seed or a fertilizer is to be distributed. A,'.lo thelower; part of the collar 1" are attached four, mor'eor less, points or iingers,-Q, by which the cottonseedisforced out through the slot in the bottom ofthe hopper, orpthe fertilizer in the lower part of the hopper agitated lor stirred, so as to pass out freely One or more otherV fingers, E, may be attached to tle shaft O, upon each side "of the collar P', if dsrre f The seed is by -tlre covering-board or plate l JS, the lower edge of which is comzaved, as shown iu .The standard-D is forced forward, so that its teethv d' may take hold of the plate or plateslil, by the iig. 5, to given proper form to the top of the row.

The covering-boardor plate S isfattached tothe rear. ends of the springs T,.the forward ends of which are attached to the side bars of the frame A.

The. springs T should he of such a strengthas to hold the board S down with suiicient force to prop- Verly cover the seeds, and yet allow the-coverer to give or yield, should it encounterjan obstruction.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patr euteled screw'K, with tlreslotted a coneaved bottom y 2.. The combination of the spring coverer S T, 'with 1. The combination ofthe slidiu plate J and swivthe frame A, and dropping device of a. planter, subor teeth d', plates E, and wedge-key F, substantially stantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the as herein shown and described, and for the purpose purpose set forth. set forth. I

3. The adjustable agitator P I, in combination '.lhe above specification of' my invention signed by with the shaft O, lopper H, and slotted bottom I, me this 18th day of December, 1869.

substantially as herein shown and described, and for HENRY C. HARRIS. the purpose set forth. Witnesses:

4. Securing the furrowing-plow standard D adjust- GEO. W. MABEE,

ably to the draw-bar B of the frame A, by the notches l JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

